| Pomona | |
|---|---|
Goddess of fruit trees, fruitful abundance, plenty, gardens, and orchards | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Naples_Archaeology_Museum_(5914785482).jpg) Statue of Pomona, Naples Archaeology Museum (late 2nd century AD) | |
| Major cult center | Pomonal |
| Abode | gardens and orchards |
| Symbols | pruning knife |
| Festivals | Vertumnalia |
| Consort | Vertumnus |
Pomona (/pəˈmoʊnə/ ,[1] Latin: [poːˈmoːna]) was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth. Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit", specifically orchard fruit.
Pomona was said to be a wood nymph.[2][3] Pomona does not have a clear counterpart in Greek mythology, although the fruit goddess Opora can be seen as her equivalent.[4]
- ^ "Pomona". Collins Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses (trans. Michael Simpson: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001), p. 448.
- ^ Matthew Gumpert, Grafting Helen: The Abduction of the Classical Past (University of Wisconsin Press, 2001), p. 69.
- ^ Metta, Demetra. "Μορφές και Θέματα της Αρχαίας Ελληνικής Μυθολογίας: Αναξαρέτη" [Figures and Themes of Greek Mythology: Anaxarete]. www.greek-language.gr (in Greek). Retrieved November 21, 2023.